To What Extent Do Protected Areas Determine the Conservation of Native Flora? A Case Study in the Sudanian Zone of Burkina Faso

Table 3

Structural characteristics of woody plant communities according to phytogeographical sectors and land use types (PAs and UAs).

Sectors	Vegetation communities	Land use types	Mean stems density; (N·ha^−1)	SE	𝑃 value	Mean basal areas; (m² ha^−1)	SE	𝑃 value
NS	Gallery forests	PAs	551.7	184.0	0.426	19.84	11.05	0.711
		UAs	485.5	207.5		17.53	17.99
	Shrub savannas	PAs	654.0	266.3	0.923	6.61	2.85	0.203
		UAs	666.9	360.7		5.39	1.94
	Tree savannas	PAs	411.7	183.9	0.081	10.07	3.29	0.681
		UAs	645.0	356.1		10.94	5.56
	Woodland savannas	PAs	468.8	159.6	0.322	13.35	7.45	0.206
		UAs	401.0	176.5		9.99	4.12
SS	Gallery forests	PAs	703.3	172.2	0.942	81.63	48.15	0.024*
		UAs	710.0	231.0		38.22	12.93
	Shrub savannas	PAs	931.8	190.2	0.006*	7.35	1.81	0.236
		UAs	690.0	177.8		6.39	1.89
	Tree savannas	PAs	705.5	117.9	0.000*	13.43	6.72	0.052
		UAs	440.0	185.2		9.43	1.92
	Woodland savannas	PAs	622.9	180.2	0.090	17.15	4.71	0.720
		UAs	496.2	193.6		16.26	7.73
	Woodlands	PAs	765.3	188.8	0.001*	29.33	13.67	0.099
		UAs	528.0	116.0		20.99	9.05

NS: north sudanian, SS: south sudanian, N·ha⁻¹: number of individual per hectare, and SE: standard error.
*Significant value.